Hyponatremia secondary to acute urinary retention.

Acute urinary retention is a rare cause of hyponatremia. Symptomatic acute hyponatremia is of grave medical concern and needs to be managed aggressively. In our two cases with acute urinary retention, a simple bladder catheterization and drainage of urine followed by conservative management resulted in complete resolution of symptoms and normalization of sodium levels.

Acute respiratory distress in a silversmith.

A 25-year-old young male patient presented in casualty department with severe respiratory distress on the fourth day from onset of symptoms. The patient was nonsmoker and had no antecedent medical or drug history. Prior to admission, patient had dry cough and bilateral pleuritic chest pain for the last three days.